Many dairy companies and cooperatives have turned to R&D to improve profits, going beyond milk, yogurt and cheese, looking to create functional ingredients that can be added to a wide range of products.
Beverage giants – think Coca-Cola and PepsiCo – are no longer simply about soda. Whether it’s juice or sparkling water or RTD tea, they’re now about creating portfolios with products that promise to bring health and wellness into the mainstream.
The Brewers of Europe Forum will combine strategic and practical content. From cultivating yeast to the science of food pairing, from targeting millennials to reducing environmental footprint, the forum will offer inspiration for all industry participants.
The 12th Round Table of the Cofresco Forum entitled “Sustainability and Design: Meeting Consumer Expectations for Food Packaging” will be held on 8 May 2019: hosted jointly with UK research organisation Campden BRI.
One of the most exciting players in the fast-growing meal replacement space, Soylent built its business – and a highly engaged community – online, first on its own website, and later on Amazon, but has recently ventured into the bricks and mortar space...
Consumer demand for both plant-based and fermented beverages is soaring because these products are perceived as natural and healthy alternatives to traditional beverages.
DuPont Nutrition& Health has created a unique way to combine...
Today’s consumers are checking beverage labels for higher protein, lower sugar content, and clean and simple ingredients.
They want nutrition, but, above all, they expect an enjoyable drinking experience.
From adaptogenic ‘super-herb’ beverages to hydrated basil seed drinks, cold brew tea and coffee, peanut milk and kombucha, the beverage market is a hotbed of innovation. In our free-to-attend online Beverage Innovation conference, FoodNavigator-USA and...
What are the fastest-growing beverage categories and which consumer trends are successful firms tapping into?
Get the lowdown on what’s hot and what’s not from Howard Telford at Euromonitor, branding expert Simon Thorneycroft, Califia Farms CEO...
Can anything stop the booming sports nutrition category as it broadens and softens and attracts more mainstream consumers? The US sports nutrition market is dynamic and diverse beast, valued at an eye-watering $10 billion for drinks, shots, bars, gels,...
Food and beverage manufacturers around the world are looking for ways to cut sugar in their products, particularly as the health effects of excess sugar are increasingly questioned.The trend for low- and no-sugar items has extended well beyond ‘diet’...
‘Globesity’ gets more critical every day – but people still crave the sweets, snacks and desserts they have loved for so long.How are companies responding to this public health epidemic, and is ‘self-regulation’ in the form of smaller portions and low-sugar...
Once a staple in lunchboxes and at dinner tables across America, sugary and artificially sweetened sodas have fallen out of favor as consumers have fine-tuned their health and wellness goals. But in their place a bevy of innovative options have emerged...
The global beer market is expected to reach $688 billion by 2020, according to Allied Market Research. Innovations are coming from all directions – but which ones will really thrive and drive the category forward? With the craft beer phenomenon showing...
